Homosexual
Activism in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Part IV: Other
Archdiocesan Institutions
The University of San Francisco
Catholic Charities, the University of San Francisco, and Most Holy Redeemer are the most outspoken advocates of the homosexual agenda in the Archdiocese. According to "New Ways Ministry," there are others. New Ways Ministry has a list of what they call "Gay Friendly Parishes." You can see it here.
In the Archdiocese of San Francisco section we find:
St, Charles - San
Carlos:
Most Holy Redeemer - San Francisco
Old St. Mary's Cathedral - San Francisco
St. Agnes - San Francisco
St. Dominic - San Francisco
Mission San Rafael - San Rafael
Most Holy Redeemer is of course in a class by itself, and has its own section.
Old St. Mary's Church (go here) has an interesting idea of Ecumenism. (PDF 1.77MB)
St Agnes Church:
The former pastor of St. Agnes was Fr. Cameron Ayers, SJ. Here he is leading his flock at the 2005 "Gay Pride Parade":
Fr. Ayers is currently the
Chairman of the Archbishop’s Stewardship Council,
and is a member of the Council of Priests for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco.
• St. Agnes also
hosted the March 26, 2006 "Alienated
Catholics: Establishing the Groundwork for
Dialog"
sponsored by the "LBGTQ Caucus"
of, where else, USF. The "Alienated Catholics..." link has
PDF's of the various speakers, but to get the full flavor of
the seminar, one should go to the "Quamdiu
Domine?" website,
which has audio/ and video of the speakers.
• On June 23, 2008, Fr. Cameron Ayers, SJ, donated $100 to the "No on Proposition 8" campaign.
• On May 10, 2009, the parish bulletin of St. Agnes includes announces that Fr. Ayers is taking a leave of absence from the Jesuits:
"Dear Friends, It must have been quite a shock to many of you when Father Cameron announced his intention to take a leave of absence from the Jesuits so that he could discern his own personal vocation...."
The new pastor is Fr. Raymond Allender, SJ.
• On June 26, 2011, Fr. Allender closes his pastor's message in the weekly parish bulletin with the words:
"Finally, on Gay Pride Day let me say how proud we are of our gay brothers and lesbian sisters who bring so much to our parish bytheir participation."
St. John of God
•
On June 26, 2011,
parishioners from St. John of God join with parishioners
from Most Holy Redeemer and St. Agnes partcipating in the
2011 San Francisco Gay Pride Parade. According to
flyers
in the Church the parishioners were led by Deacon Mr. Brian
Bromberger. Before being stationed
at St. John of
God, Deacon
Bromberger served
at Most Holy Redeemer.